xAP configuration protocol

[silvan4you]

has anyone of you thought about some kind of configuration prototcol
for xAP devices? i thinking about something that you don't have to
preconfigure UID etc before you connect a device to the network
(Ethernet or RS485 or whatever). it would be ideal if a factory new
device has some kind of standard address (or is is in a predefined
default address range) and that you could change the address over a
defined xAP prototcol.

i'm also thinking further about a protocol that allows you to change
the configuration of an xAP device (not only UID but also other
parameters).

has someone did some work on such definitions already?

regards,
silvan